The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-19
VICTORIES OF TIE WEEK.
The Various Successes Of Labor
Suppressed by the Capt.
talist Press.
THE WAR UPON CHILDREN.

THE WAX UfON CHlLDhEN.
New YORK, March TO- Arthur Bruins.
wick, the bov who organized the late
strik g of the American district messen. :.
gers. was put on trial to-day at Essex
market court on charge of conspiracy
to irjnre the business Of the American
District company. Several boy witness
ses testified that the5 were HIRED AS
srIEs bv the company to join the union
formed bv Brunswick and learn its Sc
crets. They testified to what Bruns-
wick said in his speech to the boys ad-
vising them TO strike. Justice Murray
then dismissed the case and ordered
Brunwick's release, saying that he was
glad to be able to state that the time
had not arrived In this country when
men or boys could be prohibited from
organizing for an increase of wages. He
rebuked the companv-which is control.
led bv the Western Union Telegraph
company-for Bringing the charge of
conspiracy against the defendant, and
added that he considered Mr.. Gould and
his associates much greater tonsplra.
tors. They conspired to ruin the prop
erty Of their rivals and committed acts of
violence, such as cutting the wires of
opposition companies. The case should
never have been brought before him,
and he would dismiss it. Brunswick
left the court in triumph, surrounded by
q crowd of his Young admirers.
CAPITALIST PAPER CONVERTED.
Reynolds Paper, (Capitalisp.
A wsge-slave is a ran or woman de-
pendent upon the whim or caorice of
another, who, bv the private ownership
Of the means of the production, Is able
TO refuse employment, or give such wages
and impose such conditions as the
worker without property Is compelled to
accept. or be forced, to surrender by the
alternative OF starvation.
THEY HAD ENOUGH.
ST. LOUIS, March 9.-The boycott cases
in the criminal court against n ciozen
bakers were dismissed to day, the bosses |
refusing TO prosecute. This is the last
of the bakers strike.
THE LAW Is FOR THE RICH.
LoSDoA, March 10-A sensation has
been caused bv the publication Of Gen.
Sir Redvers Culler's evidence before the
land commissioner. Gen. Suller testl-
fled that what law there was in counties
Kerry. Clare ard Cork was on the side
Of the rich. A majority Of the tenants,
he said, struggle to pay their rents, and
where they could did pay; but in
great many gases the rents were too high
and such Is the tenants could not pay.
He said there would never he peace in
Ireland until there had been estsb-
Iished . court having strong coercive
power over bad landlords and protec-
tive power over poor tenants. The Pail
Mall Gazette declares that the facts at.
tested bv Gen. Butler cams like fash
Of vivid lightning. revealing the make
horrors OF Organised ininstice in Ire-
land. Mr.. Gladstone has informed d bis
party that he himself will lead the op.
position to the coercion bill in parlia.
ment.
WORKER vrSDrcArRD.
James Mu. ray, the railroad fireman
who was arrested in Jersey CITY on sus.
picion Of being implicated in the recent
attempt to burr the Pennsylvania rail.
road property. was discharged from that
this moroing.
RIGHT, THEY ARE
CHICAGO. March 1.-THE Central La
Dor Union and Knights Of Labor have
decided TO boycott the museum which
g exhibiting Miss Van z .ndt's wax
igure against her will.